Ophthalmic mounting



March 24, 1925. 1,530,604 G. E. KOEHLER v OPHTHALMIG MOUNTING Filed Feb. 25. 1924 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 192,5.

UNITED STATE-S eUsrAv E. KonHLnR, or noorinsrnn, NEW YORK.

OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING.

Application led February 25, 1924. Serial No. 694,897;

To all whom t may concern.' f

Be it known that I, GUSTAV E. KonrrLnir, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, inthe county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ophthalmic Mountings, of which the 'following is a specification. i

The present invention relates to ophthalmic mountings :in which the 'lrame and bows or temples are made oit tortoise shell or other such comparatively soft non-metallic materialv and more particularly to the ilexible connection of the teni ples to the ii'raine, an object ot' the invention being to provide a hinge joint for" such parts that will be strong, neat in appearance and of such simple construction as to eliminate certain parts usually employed in mountings of this character and also a number of' tooling operations, thus reducing manufacturing cost.

I accomplish the said objectv by using but one leaf ot' a metal hinge which is secured to one of' the parts and pivoting this hinge member directly to the other part, and a further object of the invention is to reinforce this connection, so as to prevent the joint from becoming loose and wobbly or a fracture ot the non-metallic material due to possible strains on the temples, by inserting a bushing, preferably oi: metal, tor Athe pintle or pivot screw in the part ou lwhich the hinge member turns. In this instance the hinge leaves are `secured to the temples or bows while the bushings for their respective pivot screws are inserted iu the side lugs formed on the lens-enclosing rims.

Another object ot the inventionis to so form the side lugs on the rims that the hinge members will be invisible from the front of the mountino'.

And, another lobject o'f the invention is, in having the axes of the hinge connections through the side lugs of the rims, to round the inner end edges of the lugs to permit the temples being swung inwardly and to leave the outer edges square to form stops or abutments tor limiting outward movement of the temples. l

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts as will be fully set forth in the following description and particularly definedy in the appended claims i The accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention arek as `follows: l i

`Iligure l is an edge View of the frame with the temples attached and swungfto open position.

F 2 is a front view ot the yframe as seen in Fig. l. i

Figs. 3 and 4. are enlarged edge and front views, respectively-ot a tragn'lentary"portion oit the i'i'ameshowing one ot the side lugs.

Figs. 5 and G are enlarged edge and inner .face views, respectively, ot one ot the `ten1- ples with hinge member attached And, Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 77, Fig'. l. 1

Similar reference numerals refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

The 'frame which, as stated,i is of tortoise `shell lor other such comparatively sott nonmetallic material comprises the rims 1, formed with grooves not shown vfor receiving the peripheral edges of the lenses 2, the c bridge 8, and the usual outwardly projecting side lugs l on the rims and to which the temples 5, also oi non-metallic material, are hingedly connected. In this instance the end ol each lug 4L in rear oil? its front taceA is reduced to torni top and bottom recesses and. a shoulder 7 for each recess which extends both longitudinally and transversely ot the trame. The recesses G thus formed are substautiall y 4rect-anglliar with two adjoining sides open and the shoulders 7 forming walls for the other two sides. i

c. Each temple `or bow 5 is recessed adjacent the end of its inner tace to receive the plate portion 8 of a metal hinge leaf which is also formed with'spaced laterally extending ears l y9, the plate portion 8 being secured to the` templeby suitable fastening devices `as the screws 10. The ears 9 astride the reduced end portion ot the lug 4, engage in the opposing recesses 6 and bear against the end end of a pivot screw 12 which turns in the bushing ll. The end face of each lug t has its inner edge rounded to permit the temple being swung inwardly, while the forward portion of such tace is Hat and at right an-' -temples. Also, by this construction there is va shorter leverage between the temples and the rims than when a counter part similar to the hinge lea- 8 is employed, thus strengthening the connection against torsional strains and the danger of such strains is further reduced due to the fact that the ear members 9 always turn against the rounded 'corners of the angular shoulders 7 and for all angular positions of the temples tlie inner faces thereof bear directly against the lugs 4. Furthermore, the lon-y gitudinally extending portions of the shout ders-7 cover the hinge ears 9 so that the latter or any parts of the hinges are invisible from the front of the mounting. f

What l claim `is l. In an ophthalmic mounting, the combination with -a frame oi' non-metallic material comprising lens-enclosing rims, a bridge, andlugs rprojecting outwardly from the rims, such lugs being "recessed on top land bottom to form reduced end portions and foreach recess a shoulder extending both longitudinally and transversely of the trame, of a metal bushing inserted in each or' said reduced end portions.

2. ln an ophthalmic mounting, the combination with a frame -ol non-metallicvmaterial comprising len-senclosing rims, a bridge, and lugs projecting outwardly from the rims and formed with shoulders and reduced end portions, of a metal bushing in- (ifi serted in each olE said end portions, the end face "of each such portion 'being round-ed at its inner edge and having its forward part at a right vangle to the` plane ot the rinus.

3. ln an ophthalmic mounting, the coinbinfati-on with a frame of non-metallic inaterial comprising lens-enclosing rims, a bridge, and lugs projecting outwardly from the rims and formed with shoulders and `reduced end portions, ot :a inetal bushing inserted in each of said 'end portions, the end face of each such portifonbeing rounded at its inn-er edfge 4and having its xforward part at a right angle to the plane of the rims, and each vof said `should-ers extending both longitudinally and transversely of the frame with its corner rounded concentric with the rounded end of the lug.

' 4l. An ophthalmic mounting including a lens-enclosing rim, a lug on said rim and a temple, all of non-metallic material, said lug being formed with shoulders and a reduced endportion, and a connection coinprising a bushing in said reduced lug portion, spaced laterally extending ears on the temple and engaging over said reduced lug portion, and a. pivot carried by said ears and turning in said bushing, the ears turning against said shoulders and the inner face of the temple bearing against said lug for all angular positions of the temple.

5. Anophthalmic mounting including a lens-enclosing rim, a lug on said rim and a temple, all of non-metallic material, said lug being formed with shoulders and a relduced end portion, each shoulder extending both longitudinally and transversely of the rim, and a connection comprising a bushing in said reduced lug portion, spaced laterally extending ears on the temple and engaging over said reduced lug portion, and a pivot carried by said ears and turning in said bushing, the ears turning against said shoulder and the inner face of the temple bearing against .said lug lor all angular positions of the temple.

G.' An ophthalmic mounting including a lens-enclosing rim, a lug on said rim and a temple, all of non-metallic material, said lug being formed with shoulders and .a reduced end portion, and a connection comprising a bushing in said reduced lug por tion, a hinge leaf secured to the temple, lat.

erally extending ears on said leaf for astriding said reduced lug portion, and a pivot carried by said ears and turning in said bushing, the ears turning against said 'shoulders and the inner face of the :temple bearing against said lug lcr allangul-ar posit-ions of the temple, the end face of said lng having its inner edge. rounded vand its forward part at a right angle to the plane o't said rim.

7. An ophthalmic moi-inting including :a lens-enclosing rim, .a lug on said rim and a temple, all of non-metallic; mate-rial, and a 4connect-ion lbetween the lug and temple comprising a bushing in one of -said pants, such part being recessed on top Aand bottom to form a reduced portion and tor 'each recess a .shoulder extending both longitudinally and transversely of the part, a hinge leaf vsecured to the inne-r tace of the other part, ears; formed on said 'hinge leaf for turning against vthe `ends of said bushing, and a pivot carried by said ears and turning in the bushing.

1GUSTAV E. KOEHLER. 

